Receptacle



May 1, 1923. 1,453,784

C. J. CRAWLEY RECEPTACLE Filed Nov. 28 1921 Cour 774 11 G jL f Patented May 1, 1923.

UNITED STAT S;

COURTLANDJ. c RAwLEY, or CHICAGO, ILLInoIs.

HREGEPTAGLE.

Application filed November 2a, 1921. Serial mama i3.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COURTLAND J. CnAw- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new-and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles and more particularly to improvements for detaching or removing the cover or closure caps of'said receptacles.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a resilient or flexible member which when flexed will separate said cover and receptacle so that the cover may be easily removed.

Among other objects of my invention is the production of a device of the kind described which is simple, economical, durable, efficient and reliable for use wherever found applicable.

Many other objects of the construction herein shown and described will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention belongs from .the disclosure herein given.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts;

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device as arranged with a cover and a receptacle;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a front elevation; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substan tially on the line 4-4 of Figure 3. n

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, there is shown a container 1 having an open end or top 2 with aperipheral bead 3 thereon, arranged at a suitable distance from said open end. Adapted to frictionally engage the open end of the container or receptacle 1 is a cover or cap 4: having anannular flange 5 frictionally engageable with the exterior. surface of the open end 2 of the container and limited in its downward movement by the head 3. An annular head 6 is formed at the bottom of the container 1 for a purpose which will be hereinafter described, said bead being slightly upturned toward its freeed ge, in radial cross-section. I c

- Ordmarily the cap or cover which frictionally engagesthe open end of a containeris extremely diflicult 'to remove, especially ifit is smooth or if it is wet or greasy. In order to overcome this diflicultyI have arranged a short bar or strip f flexible resilient spring metal which ispreferably bent in the form of 'a-bow, as shown more clearly.-

in Figure 2. One end of the spring 7. is secured to the cap or cover 4'by any suitable means, as by welding, brazing, riveting, or the like, and the free end of said spring abuts the annular bead 6 so that'whenv the spring 7 is pressed inwardly or flexed to the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 it will yieldably straighten out and separate the cover and container. It is obvious that should the receptacle or container be of greater length than shown, that any other form of fixed abutment may be provided in place of the head 6 shown at the bottom of the container. This fixed abutment may be'in the form of a bead projecting either inwardly 'of the container or outwardly thereof, or it may be any other suitable form of fixed abutment.

parting from the spirit of my invention,

hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction,

arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described or uses mentioned, What I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a devlce of the kind described and in combination, a container, a cover therefor, said container having a circumferentiallvextending bead spaced downwardly of the open end against which bead said free end of the cover is adapted to abut when the box is closed, and a flexible spring strip secured to the top of one of said members and projecting downwardly of the side thereof. said container having a peripheral bead thereon adapted to abut thefree end of said spring, said spring having an outwardly-extending projection therein adapted to overlie said first-mentioned bead when said spring is pressed inwardly into contact with said cover and container'to separate said members.

2. In a device of the kind described and in.

combinat on. a containe a cover therefor,

the container having a circumferentially expressed inwardly into contact with said 10 eoyer and container touseparate said'parts.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. I

COURTLAND J. CRAVLEY. Vitnesses:

JOHN W. HILL, RUTH M. EPHRAIM. 

